Myanmar: Over 150 garment workers denied wages after factory closure
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 4 Sep 2022
Ubicación: Birmania
Empresas
Likes ViewTex Garment - SupplierAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 300
Trabajadores: ( 300 - Ubicación desconocida , Ropa y Textiles , Gender not reported )Temas
Dismissal , Wage TheftRespuesta
Response sought: No
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 4 Sep 2022
Ubicación: Birmania
Empresas
Likes ViewTex Garment - SupplierAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 150
Trabajadores: ( 150 - Ubicación desconocida , Ropa y Textiles , Gender not reported )Temas
Wage TheftRespuesta
Response sought: No
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
"Claiming that the [factory] was closed for 10 days, the factory's materials were sold and the employer ran away " 4 September 2022
...The employer of Likes View tex Garment Co., Ltd...said that they would be closed for 10 days on August 25 and told the employees to pay their salaries on September 5. On the evening of September 4, the workers went to the factory and saw that they were selling goods in the factory.
...currently more than 150 workers are believed to have [not been]...paid, and the workers said that they are worried about their wages. "They know everything. The situation is that the people they sold to were carrying the goods...." An operator said....In the past months, the factory did not pay salaries on pay days, overtime pay was not paid, and workers were fired without paying their salaries. The workers said that they are worried about the wages of more than 150 workers...
[Translation via Google Translate]